^ yeah nothing wrong with a D50 at all
should be just as versatile as any of the current crop of budget SLR's like my 400D, i've had that nearly 2 years now and im not really getting close to out growing it. it took me ages to finally become better than my SD400 was capable of and even then, i still use it for a lot of things because of its handy size.
For me, good photography and good photographs are at the hands of the man holding the camera, not the camera itself.
my friends never see it that way, they seem to think DSLR = immediately better photographs... and i always have to show them some of my favourite photos, alot of which were taken on a standard mans digital compact camera.
i wont lie, i do want a new camera too, i want a 40D .... for its better handling and better high ISO noise peformance. 400D is just too small for my hands and id rather put ?100 towards a 40D than a battery grip for my 400D